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Nature Reviews Cancer 9, 768–769 (1 November 2009) | doi:10.1038/nrc2757

Cancer stem cells: Symmetry is key

Mhairi Skinner

There is increasing evidence that the development and growth of many tumours is sustained by a small subset of cells, the cancer stem cells (CSCs). However, the characteristics that distinguish CSCs from normal stem cells (SCs) are largely undefined.